Brake-band silencing pad



Oct. 16,1923.- 1,470,864 F. C. MORRIS BRAKE BAND SILENCING PAD Filed Au9. 1921 IN VEN TOR.

I PatentedfQcL l6,'1923. i V p I 7 1 ii I dummy STARS sNTjgorriCa FREDe. MORRIS, or sen sea orses, oiinironiim; Assienon' or ONE-HALF TO ADAMA. nno'ron, OF'SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. F

BRAKE-BAND s nnisoiite rAn. Application filed August 9, 1921; SerialNo.490,900.

To all whom it may mm: I brake band and theflink 6 and bell crank Be itknown that I, FRED C. Moiziz sfa 7 serve to tighten the brake band onthe citizen of the United States, residingfati brake drum whennecessary. San Francisco in the county of San Frau After tie brakelining has been secured in cisco, State of California, have invented aplace on the inside of the brake band 1; a i new and usefulBrake-Bandsilencing Pad, sha'rp'needle-like tool may be inserted be ofwhich the, following isa specification in tween the brake band and thebrake lining such full and clear terms as will enable Vtoproducesufficient spacefor the insertion those skilled in the art to constructand use "of a pad of resilient material as shown at the; same. 8.Thisypad may be got any suitable resil- This invention relates to abrake band ient inaterial'capableYof withstanding the silencing pad andits object is to prevent necessary heat produced by the applicationbrake bands from squeaking when the brakes otthe brakes, and it isordinarily madelof, are'ayypl'ied; i I a certain grade of rubberor'rubloer and as- 6O It will be understood by those skilled in bestos.p i the art that whenthe ordinary brake band This pad has a wire 9extending longituupon a motor vehicle is tightened that it otdinallytherethrough which is used for S65 ten causes an objectionablesqueakingl This curingthe pad iiithe proper position on the l squenkingmay be relieved by the applicabrake band. If the brake band is a verytion to the brake band of a suitable resilient 7 large one such as areused on the larger backing applied between the brake hand cars. it. maybe necessary to apply two of the wearing surface and the flexible steelband pads as shown between the lining 10 and to which the brake liningis applied. brake band 11. the pads being illustrated A further objectof the invention is to at 12 and 13, while their tightening wires 7produce a silencing" pad which may be easily are shown at 14 and 15.

applied to the brake bands and secured in lVhat I claim is as follows.but various place thereon. i V mod fications may be made in theconstruc- Othei' OlOjGC'ES of the invention will appear tion shown inthe drawings and above partic as the descri ition proceeds. ul'arlvdescribed form. within the ourv ew l a r V An embodiment of theinvention is shown of my invention.

in the accompanying drawings in which the I I claim: 7 v I I I samereference numeral is applied to the I 1; A brake band silencing pad,comprissame portion throughout, but I am aware .ing a pad ofresilient'material and a metal I that there may be modificationsthereof. strip to which said pad is secured and which 80 Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a brake band'nietal strip isused for the purpose ofsec-ii 7 showing two of the pads applied thereto; inn the pad to thebrake band. i

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the pads V 2. A brake. band silencing;pad. compris- Fig'. 3 isa side elevation of one of the iiig a pad'ofheat resistant resilient'material,

pads. and and a metal strip to which said material is Fig. 4; is asideelevation of a portion of secured and which is used to se urethe pad alame brake band having two of the pads to the inside of the brake hand,between apnlied thereto. the metal and the brake lining.

. The numeral 1 indicates the brake'band In testimony whereof I, havehereunto which has the lining 2 secured thereto by set my hand this 3rdday-of August A. D. 9 means of a plurality of rivets 3. Brackets 1921. Vr

4 and 5 are connected to the ends of the FRED C. MOPRIS.-.

